Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Fluid mechanics BSM207 3. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 4.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Bekir ÇEVİK
Instructors Bekir ÇEVİK
Assistants
Goals This course aims to give the undergraduate students basic information about the topics covered by Fluid Mechanics and to provide the students with basic information / concepts about the courses they will take during the undergraduate education.
Course Content Still Fluids Conservation Equations Frictional Flow, Flow in Open Channels, Sample Solutions.
Learning Outcomes - Basic knowledge about Fluid Mechanics is acquired.
- Stagnant fluids are learned.
- Conservation equations and solutions are generated.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction to fluid mechanics, Basic Concepts, Units, International System of Units (SI) Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
2. Week Properties of fluids, differences between liquid and gaseous fluids Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
3. Week Density, specific gravity, viscosity, dynamic viscosity, kinematic viscosity Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
4. Week Surface tension, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure, compressibility and essentiality modulus in fluids Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
5. Week Conservation laws, principle of conservation of mass, principle of conservation of energy, principle of conservation of momentum Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
6. Week Hydrostatics (Stagnant Fluids), hydrostatic pressure expressed as liquid height Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
7. Week Pressure force acting on the planar base in stationary fluids Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
8. Week Midterm Course Hours
9. Week Pressure force acting on inclined, vertical and planar side surfaces in stationary fluids Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
10. Week Compound vessels, pressure measurement with compound vessels Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
11. Week Hydraulic jacks Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
12. Week Fluid kinematics, definition of flow, streamline, flow pipe, orbit, Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours
13. Week Flow types, laminar flow, turbulent flow, regular and irregular flows, flow rate and average velocity, continuity equation, one-dimensional flow, two-dimensional flow, three-dimensional flow Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
14. Week Energy equation for regular currents Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
Recommended Sources
1) Y.A. Çengel, Akışkanlar Mekaniği / Temelleri ve Uygulamaları, Güven Bilimsel Kitabevi, İzmir, 2012. 2) F.M. White, Akışkanlar Mekaniği, Literatür Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2004.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 Measurement Method
PY1 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY2 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY3 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY4 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY5 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY6 3 3 3 3 40,60
PY7 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY8 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY9 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY10 4 4 4 4 40,60
PY11 3 3 3 3 40,60
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 10 10
Final 1 30 30
Practice 1 6 6
Classroom Activities 14 4 56
Total Workload 102
ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0